Saturday, December 3, 2011

"But mom!..."

If you've been in any kind of child development, family, or parenting class or even read a book related to any of this then you would be somewhat familiar with the different styles of parenting. Autocratic (or authoritarian), permissive (or door mat), and active (or Authoritative). But why would there be different styles of parenting? Wouldn't it be ideal if everyone had active and basically democratic parents? Authoritarian parenting has mostly come about from the monarchy governments. People were told what to do so the only thing that made sense was to teach their children to do the same and to help them avoid trouble. Democracy is a relatively new thing in the world but many people are picking up on that kind of parenting style.

Parents need to be good at what they do. They need to help their children grow up in this world and teach them how to survive and thrive while being good people. Parents need to teach courage, responsibility, respect, and cooperation.

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My Family

Since this is for Family Relations I thought I might put the best family up there! I have the best family anyone could ever ask for. I'll be forever grateful to my two wonderful parents and all that they taught me. I truly am blessed and I hope that I can be half as good as my parents. Eternity is going to be great!